Capturing and uploading video content into Clesh

Use this section if you have DV content on a tape or if you want to capture directly from a digital video camera. To upload video files you already have on your computer, see the File upload section.

Capturing and uploading a video

The main window will open up as below. (If it does not look like this, check you have the latest version.) Select the Video Capture tab. To upload a video into your Clesh account, simply select a capture device, enter a video name and press Start Capture. Press Stop Capture to terminate the capture.

1. Capture Device - if your device (video camera or tape machine) is plugged in correctly its name will appear here. If it says None Found make sure your Firewire / IEEE1394 cable is connected between the PC and the device, and make sure it is switched on.
2. Video Name - the name that you type here will appear as the video's name in your Clesh account.
3. Capture Duration - You can choose the duration of the clip you wish to capture. If the box remains unchecked, capturing will continue until you click Stop Capture.
4. Use your device controls to cue your tape to the start point of video you wish to capture. The signal from the tape machine appears in the preview pane on the right of the main window. The video will not be captured until you select Start Capture.
5. Start Capture - this starts the capture and upload into Clesh. The content being captured is shown in the preview pane. The progress bars indicate what stage you are at. Start Capture becomes Stop Capture when you press it.
6. Stop Capture - this terminates the capture. Capture will stop automatically if you specified a capture duration. Upload will continue until it has finished. Do not exit CleshLoad until the upload is complete.

Notes:

• Capture Progress - the figure to the right of the progress bar gives the current time code of the tape.
• Upload Progress - the figure to the right of the progress bar gives the amount of video uploaded as a percentage.
• The capturing will stop when either the Capture Duration has been reached, or Stop Capture is selected.
• CleshLoad captures in real time but the upload speed is dependent on your Internet connection speed. A standard ADSL broadband connection has 256Kbps upload speed - videos might take 8 times real time to upload.
• The video will appear in your Clesh account as it uploads, so you can start editing before it has finished uploading.

When the upload has finished, a window will pop up as below. Click OK.

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